Electronic Submission

More information about the submission procedure can be found at this address.

The E-theses Repository

The Durham repository exists in the context of the development of the national Electronic Theses Online System (EThOS) based at the British Library, which is supported by repositories at many competitor institutions. The Durham e-Theses repository will increase the visibility of research produced by the institution while promoting the work of the individual scholar.

As electronic theses are much more widely available than was previously the case, it is particularly important that candidates take reasonable care not to infringe third party copyright. In line with good academic practice, candidates should obtain the permission of rights-holders for re-use of anything other than short extracts. Copyright legislation covers a wide range of materials including images, maps, diagrams, tables and musical works.

In exceptional cases (due to corporate interest or pending patents) candidates may still request an embargo, which will delay public access to the online thesis. However, these candidates must still submit an electronic copy to the repository.

Attending Congregation

Please note: if you wish to attend congregation, you will need to register for the ceremony by the registration deadline (available from the Ceremonies webpages below), and you will need to have uploaded your final thesis by the pass list deadline.

The pass list deadlines are:

for Summer Congregation: 8th June 2018

for Winter Congregation: 15th December 2017

Further information on congregation is available from the Ceremonies webpages:

RCUK-funded students

Students who are fully or partially funded by one of the UK Research Councils must conform with the RCUK policy on open access (as set out in the Training Guide).The policy applies to any student funded or partially funded by one of the following: AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC and STFC.

There are two key requirements:

The full text version of the thesis should be available from an open access repository no longer than 12 months following the award of the doctorate. Authors who identify themselves as RCUK funded on their submission form will normally only be allowed to request an embargo of a maximum of 12 months.

Additional requirements for EPSRC funded students

One of the key requirements of this policy is that published research (including e-theses) must include short statement describing how, and on what terms, any supporting research data may be accessed. In addition, descriptive information about the research data must be made available through a digital object identifier (DOI).

Please contact the University Research Data Manager (sebastian.palucha@durham.ac.uk) to discuss further steps in depositing research data and obtaining a DOI.